Tag Archives: World Cinema
Review in Brief: It Was Just an Accident (2025)
We need to keep making and releasing art critical of oppressive regimes across the world now more than ever. Exiled Iranian auteur Jafar Panahi’s IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT is hard-hitting but darkly comic and always rooted in authentic human … Continue reading
Review in Brief: The Ugly Stepsister (2025)
A pitch-black, gnarly, body-horror heavy retelling of the Brothers Grimm version of the Cinderella fairytale from Norwegian filmmaker Emilie Blichfeldt. The terminally shy Elvira (a mesmerising Lea Myren) competes with her beautiful new stepsister Agnes (Thea Sofie Loch Næss) and … Continue reading
Review in Brief: I’m Still Here (2024)
This is such a quietly unsettling portrayal of state cruelty. During Brazil’s military dictatorship, the family of former congressman Rubens Paiva (Selton Mello) are watched, intimidated and interrogated by the regime following the disappearing of Rubens, leaving his wife Eunice … Continue reading
Black Dog (2024) Review
Where to Start with Hirokazu Kore-eda
Review in Brief: Perfect Days (2023)
Beginning life as a tourist documentary proposal and developing into a narrative feature, Wim Wenders’ PERFECT DAYS is a modest, meticulous and beautiful 2 hours. Tokyo toilet cleaner Hirayama (Koji Yakusho) is content with his daily routine and takes immense … Continue reading
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